Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani’s Hyderabad campus will now allow admissions to foreign students from the 2015-16 academic session. It will initially offer 50 seats for the first year in the coming session. V S Rao, Director, BIT Pilani, said that the 50 seats are strictly reserved for candidates bearing non-Indian passports only.

Eligibility

International students will be admitted into various undergraduate courses at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus on the basis of their SAT and SAT Subject Test scores in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Level 2 conducted by College Board (USA) for the academic sessions 2015-16.

Candidates need to secure minimum 75% in Maths, Physics and Chemistry at Class 12 level and not less than 60 percent in each of the subjects individually to be eligible to apply. The course fee of $6900 includes admission fee, tuition fee, hostel fee and food charges.

However, those candidates who have passports of a country other than India are also eligible to apply.

BITS Goa and Pilani Campus will also admit Foreign Students

Two other campuses of BITS in Goa and Pilani will also admit foreign students from the forthcoming academic session, but the dates have not been announced yet.

BITS Pilani University conducts BITSAT each year which is an entrance exam for its various courses. BITSAT is one of the most competitive entrance exams in India.BITSAT 2015 Application forms will be available on the website by May 20, 2015. BITSAT 2015 will be held from May 14-29, 2015.